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Hudson, Ohio
Hudson Antique Show Provides Fresh Start to 2017
by Susan Emerson Nutter
I
t takes a brave soul to host any kind of event in
northeast Ohio in January, let alone an antiques
show. Dealers do not want to drive for miles
cross country on ice or through snowdrifts with
their precious cargo. There is no joy in loading
and unloading merchandise in buffeting winds and
pelting precipitation and then repeating the process
to head home. Even die-hard would-be buyers
will not show up in a blizzard or ice storm—both
common occurrences in Ohio in January.
But if snow and ice are absent from the forecast,
having the opportunity to get out and sell or get out
and buy in January is mentally uplifting. When the
items being offered are first-rate Americana, from
the smallest pewter spoon to towering cabinetry,
well, it doesn’t get any better.
The 45th annual Hudson Antique Show, held
Saturday and Sunday, January 7 and 8, at the Clarion
Hotel right outside of Hudson, Ohio, enjoyed a
“perfect storm,” because there was no storm either
day. Instead, sunny skies and clear roads made it so
easy that travel was enjoyed by all.
Show manager Steve Sherhag hosts a beautiful
event. This year he brought together 52 of the finest
Americana dealers from the Northeast and the
Midwest. Sherhag suggests that dealers save pieces
to debut at this January show, and many do, bringing
a fresh start feeling to the new antiquing year.
Though the high temps for the day never got out
of the teens, the cold was not a factor. Thirty minutes
after the 10 a.m. opening on Saturday, the show was
packed with people, with more flowing in by the
minute. My 30-year-old son met me at the show—
this is a kid who attended his first antiques show in
a baby backpack, so he’s seen many—and he was
impressed with the outpouring of interest. Better
yet, there was so much great stuff that even with
items being carted home, the show still had a full
feeling as Saturday’s opening was winding down.
If the goal was to impress, the dealers did not
disappoint. Booths were filled with wonderful items,
and the variety of pieces offered was staggering,
making it so that several hours were needed to see
it all.
The booth put together by Stephen-Douglas
Antiques, Rockingham, Vermont, and Walpole,
New Hampshire, contained a fantastic New England
pine and maple refectory table tagged $12,500. The
1725-50 table was 27" high x 6' long, had breadboard
ends, and was in original condition.
Dana Tillou of Buffalo, New York, featured an oil
on canvas by Edmund C. Coates (1816-1871),
View
of the Hudson from Fort Putnam
, priced at $4600,
as well as an 18th-century cherry Chippendale chest
with reeded half columns, line inlay on the front of
the four graduated drawers, and ogee feet. It was
tagged $2200. Other items in Tillou’s space included
a NewYork Empire gilded mirror attributed to Isaac
If the goal was to impress,
the dealers did not disappoint.
Dana Tillou of Dana Tillou Fine Arts, Buffalo, New York,
stands by the Edmund C. Coates (1816-1871) oil on canvas
View of the Hudson from Fort Putnam
, priced at $4600. It
hangs above a circa 1780 cherry Chippendale chest offered
for $2200.
Lisa S. McAllister stands with some of her pleasing
wares. Found in a store window in Pennsylvania, the
“Hutton’s For Pork” advertising figure has lines and
labeling on the opposite side to indicate the various
cuts of pork—loin, leg, spareribs, head, and belly.
The two-board-top table in blue has breadboard ends
and tapered legs. It was tagged $1150. The crocheted
American flag on the wall was found in York County,
Pennsylvania, and was priced at $395.
The booth of Stephen Corrigan and Douglas Jackman of Stephen-Douglas Antiques,
Rockingham, Vermont, and Walpole, New Hampshire, was filled with great stuff
including (far left) a set of 8' tall Connecticut River valley doors priced at $2500 for the
pair. The child’s or miniature cherry drop-leaf desk with two drawers and cutout feet
was $3500. The portrait of a child in pink with her dog, thought to be from New York
state, was tagged $5500. Centered in the booth was a 1725-50 New England pine and
maple refectory table in original surface and condition with a $12,500 price tag. Above
it hung a painting of ships, a Scottish work by J.T. Duncan, priced at $6800.
This circa 1900 colorful
papier-mâché figural
skittles set was believed
to be either French
or German and was
priced at $4800 by Lisa
S. McAllister of Clear
Spring, Maryland.
The child-size Windsor chair ($550), mini
stool ($495), and hooked mat ($135) were
offered by Carol Schulman American
Antiques, Chesterland, Ohio.
The work of John Haley Bellamy, this walnut Masonic
folding shelf, dated 1840, was priced at $3500 by Axtell
Antiques and The Rookery Bookery, Deposit, New York.